Event 104

Learn more about the life of dragons

Saturday 28 October 2017, 2.30pm
Venue: STORE SAL

Join the bestselling author and illustrator of the wildly popular Viking adventure series, How to Train Your Dragon. Cowell grew up in London and on a small island off the west coast of Scotland. She was convinced that there were dragons living on the island, and has been fascinated by these mythical creatures ever since. She has written and illustrated 12 books in the popular Hiccup series. The unique blend of child-centred humour and sublime prose made Hiccup an instant hit and the series is now published in 38 languages. The DreamWorks Animation feature films have received both Oscar and BAFTA nominations. Her new series, The Wizards of Once, publishes this autumn and has also been signed by DreamWorks.

Saturday 28 October 2017, 2.30pm - 3.35pm
Venue: LILLE SAL

Event 108

Saturday 28 October 2017, 2.30pm
Venue: PUSTERUMMET

An exhibition by the publishing house Gyldendal of the author and illustrator Jakob Martin Strid’s world, together with other well-loved children’s books. There will be readings and activities throughout the festival.

Event 110

Saturday 28 October 2017, 2.30pm
Venue: ALTANEN

We need your help to give new life to old books. In this workshop you can create book art by making figures from the pages, or compose poetry through rearranging words and phrases. We provide books and suggestions to get you started.

Saturday 28 October 2017, 2.30pm
Venue: TWEENS LAB/MAKER SPACE

Event 158

The Son of the Buffalo Woman

Saturday 28 October 2017, 4pm
Venue: RAMPEN

Hunters, kings and women of power become entangled in prophecy, mythology, shame, pride and insult in one of the most exciting birth-of-a-hero tales in the world – The Birth of Sundiata Keita, legendary founder of the great Malian Empire of West Africa. Internationally acclaimed storyteller Jan Blake and long-term collaborator, drummer John Predare, bring an epic performance to Aarhus. This inspiring tale reaches across the centuries, from its origins in medieval Africa to the conflicts in our own time when its telling is forbidden. Expect an exhilarating collision of wild song and heroic story...

Event 114

How I Live Now

Sunday 29 October 2017, 10am
Venue: STORE SAL

The winner of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2016 talks about her writing, literature for younger readers and her novel How I Live Now, a contemporary children’s classic. Daisy, 15, thinks she knows all about love. Her mother died giving birth to her, and now her dad has sent her away for the summer, to live in the English countryside with cousins she’s never met. There she discovers what real love is: something violent, mysterious and wonderful. Her world is turned upside down and a perfect summer explodes into a million bewildering pieces. Rosoff’s other novels for young people include Just in Case (winner of the 2007 Carnegie Medal), The Bride’s Farewell and What I Was, described by The Times as “Samuel Beckett on Ecstasy”.

Sunday 29 October 2017, 10am
Venue: LILLE SAL

Event 119

Sunday 29 October 2017, 10am
Venue: PUSTERUMMET

The publishing house Gyldendal creates an exhibit of the author and illustrator Jakob Martin Strid universe and other famous and loved children's books. There will be readings and other activities throughout the festival.

Event 121

Sunday 29 October 2017, 10am
Venue: ALTANEN

We need your help to give new life to old books. In this workshop you can create book art by making figures from the pages, or compose poetry through rearranging words and phrases. We provide books and suggestions to get you started.

Event 122

Sunday 29 October 2017, 10.30am
Venue: TWEENS LAB/MAKER SPACE

“Once upon a time…” thus begins many a story. But what happens next? We make our own stories, recording and assembling them using interactive learning tool Hopspots. What happens if we change the sequence of the story? What kinds of sound effects will enhance the story? We record, play back and jump through the stories, while playing with words in this workshop.

Sunday 29 October 2017, 11.15am - 12pm
Venue: LILLE SAL

Event 126

Sunday 29 October 2017, 11.15am - 12pm
Venue: PUSTERUMMET

An exhibition by the publishing house Gyldendal of the author and illustrator Jakob Martin Strid’s world, together with other well-loved children’s books. There will be readings and activities throughout the festival.